By aj, on November 17th, 2012%
Rating: 3 of 5
I don’t even know what to say. And it’s not because I was shocked by the twist ending because I was surprised at how it manifest itself but I was also expecting something. spoiler »As soon as Jasper died I knew it wasn’t real. I mean, maybe they could get away with . . . → Read More: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
By aj, on March 30th, 2012%
Rating: 3 of 5
Eh.
The Hunger Games wasn’t a bad movie. But it wasn’t great either and certainly not as good as all they hype would imply.
The effects weren’t especially shiny or cool.
The action wasn’t really exciting.
There was nothing profound about the story.
The characters weren’t great. And there was barely a . . . → Read More: The Hunger Games
By aj, on November 19th, 2011%
Rating: 2.75 of 5
I am definitely in the minority, and I realize that. Breaking Dawn is on track to make $140M this weekend (proving the power of women at the box office when they’re captivated). Many of them will probably see this two or three times or more, but I didn’t love it.
First of . . . → Read More: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1
By aj, on September 27th, 2011%
Rating: 3 of 5
Saw Abduction tonight and think several things but they’re conflicting so it’s kind of hard to make sense of.
This was completely a Taylor Lautner vehicle. Which is ok. After doing Twilight I can understand him wanting to come out of the gate establishing himself as a leading man and an action . . . → Read More: Abduction
By aj, on September 20th, 2011%
Rating: 1 of 5
How many critics, do you think, used the title of this film to describe the film itself?
The performances are atrocious; just so painful and awkward. I almost started to list the actors, but that would take took long because really – Every Single One of Them was bad.
The writing . . . → Read More: Beastly
By aj, on September 3rd, 2011%
Rating: 1.5 of 5
Going in, this movie had a lot stacked against it. I don’t like Catherine Hardwick. I don’t like Amanda Seyfried. I did not expect much.
And really, my expectations were met. The one bright spot was Michael Shanks in a small role. yay! Billy Burke was also really good.
Other than that, . . . → Read More: Red Riding Hood
By aj, on May 25th, 2011%
Impressive, partly because my expectations were so low. I mean, I read the book and it was awful and the first thing I said was that it should have skipped being a book and been a screenplay straight away. Because the book had so little substance I didn’t expect much from the movie.
It . . . → Read More: I Am Number Four
By aj, on March 21st, 2011%
Rating: 2.25 of 5
For starters, this movie is not what it was marketed as. At all.
Oddly, after the big lie that was the trailer, the movie was more emotional than I expected. Which was almost interesting. Except the directing was fairly clunky and paced badly. I wasn’t fond of many of the performances, but . . . → Read More: The Invisible
By aj, on July 29th, 2010%
Rating: 2.5 of 5
It’s kind of hard to score a movie like this, because all of the elements are different (though, sort of, they shouldn’t be which is why it comes out so low).
Stylishly directed, this isn’t so much a film as a series of performances. And the singing and dancing and singing are . . . → Read More: Fame
By aj, on July 6th, 2010%
Rating: 2.75 of 5
I think, though still flawed, Eclipse is the best of the Twilight films thus far.
Before I even begin I should say that it’s my favorite book. I like how romantic it is and I like Jacob and Edward talking in the tent and the whole little kerfuffle about gifts.
Did the . . . → Read More: The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
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